Will An Ebola Panic Be Used As An Excuse To Put Large Numbers Of Americans In Camps?

Now even the mainstream media is admitting that during an Ebola panic
“people could be detained for long periods, merely on a suspicion they
might have been exposed to some pathogen.”As you will read about
below, federal law contains some very vague provisions which could be
used to indefinitely quarantine large numbers of Americans in the event
of a significant Ebola outbreak in the United States. So where would
all of those people be put? Certainly they would not be mixed in with
prison populations, and our hospitals would only be able to handle a very limited number of Ebola patients.
Once our medical facilities are overwhelmed, it is inevitable that
those that have Ebola or that are suspected of having Ebola would be
housed in temporary holding centers, tent cities, sports stadiums, old
military bases and FEMA camps. Of course strict measures would be taken
to ensure that the quarantine is not broken. So no matter what
official name is given to these facilities, they would in essence be
prison camps. No unauthorized personnel would be going in or out. And
since the federal government already has the power to round up and
detain anyone “reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable
disease”, the potential for abuse is staggering.The global death toll has now passed 1,000
for the first time, and many in the mainstream media are starting to
realize that there is a very strong possibility that we could soon start
seeing cases of Ebola in North America.And if Ebola does start spreading across the United States, it is
inevitable that there will be a very strong response by the federal
government.A piece that was written for Forbes entitled “If Ebola Arrives In The U.S., Stopping It May Rely On Controversial Tools”
that was authored by former FDA official Scott Gottlieb spells out some
of the “spooky” measures that could be implemented if we do indeed see a
major Ebola outbreak in this country…

The existing rules leave a murky and potentially
intrusive scheme largely intact. The Bush era regulation laid out some
spooky scenarios where people could be detained for long periods, merely on a suspicion they might have been exposed to some pathogen.And forced to submit to certain medical interventions to gain their freedom.
But the existing rules in force today leave possible these same
scenarios – only without any protections that could be spelled out in
clear regulations.

So what would those “medical interventions” include?Are we talking about mandatory drugging or mandatory vaccines?And the rules also say that people can be detained for as long “as
may be reasonably necessary”. Unfortunately, that phrase is never
defined. During a crisis, it could potentially mean that people will be
detained for weeks or even months…

In the presence of a suspect case of Ebola, the official CDC website details ‘Specific Laws and Regulations Governing the Control of Communicable Diseases’, under which even healthy citizens who show no symptoms of the virus could be forcibly quarantined at the behest of medical authorities.
The existing regulations stipulate, “Quarantine is used to separate and
restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a
communicable disease to see if they become ill.”In other words, you don’t have to be sick to be detained. Just
suspected by health officials of having been in contact with someone who
might have had the disease.The regulations say a person “may be detained for such time
and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary.” Is that three days
or thirty? There are no rules.

You might be thinking that we could just test those that are potentially sick and then release those that do not have the virus.Well, the truth is that there are only a few labs in the entire
country that are capable of conducting these tests. During a major
outbreak, it may be necessary to test thousands (or even millions) of
Americans for the disease. But the infrastructure that we have is
simply not able to test that many people.And remember, Ebola victims can be carrying around the virus for up
to three weeks before showing any symptoms and Ebola can remain in the
systems of recovering victims for up to seven weeks.So would it be “reasonable” to isolate potential Ebola victims for ten weeks or longer?That is a very good question.Perhaps someone should pose it to someone at the CDC.And without a doubt, our health authorities have been thinking about
these types of issues. For example, at the end of July a page on the
CDC website entitled “Legal Authorities for Isolation and Quarantine” was updated. The following is an excerpt from that page…

Isolation and quarantine are public health practices used to stop or limit the spread of disease.Isolation is used to separate ill
persons who have a communicable disease from those who are healthy.
Isolation restricts the movement of ill persons to help stop the spread
of certain diseases. For example, hospitals use isolation for patients
with infectious tuberculosis.Quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of well
persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if
they become ill. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do
not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms.
Quarantine can also help limit the spread of communicable disease.Isolation and quarantine are used to protect the public by
preventing exposure to infected persons or to persons who may be
infected.In addition to serving as medical functions, isolation and quarantine
also are “police power” functions, derived from the right of the state
to take action affecting individuals for the benefit of society.

In between vacations, Barack Obama has spent some time on these issues as well. In fact, Barack Obama recently signed an executive order
that gives the federal government authority to round up and detain
anyone that shows symptoms of “diseases that are associated with fever
and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are
capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are
causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection,
are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not
properly controlled.”That sounds like Ebola to me.And even before that executive order, federal law
already allowed the federal government to apprehend any person
“reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease” and
detain them “for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably
necessary”.However, it would not just be sick people and potentially sick people
that would be detained during an Ebola crisis. The panic and fear that
an Ebola pandemic would create would likely set off waves of rioting,
looting and lawlessness similar to what we witnessed in Ferguson, Missouri in cities all over the nation. If things got bad enough, it is very easy to imagine martial law being declared.Right now, U.S. health officials are trying to keep everyone calm by insisting that the spread of Ebola “requires direct contact with bodily fluids” and that our health infrastructure is far superior to what they have over in Africa.But they still haven’t explained to us how more than 170 health workers have contracted the virus even though those health workers have gone to extreme lengths to avoid getting the disease.And many have pinned their hopes on defeating this Ebola outbreak on a new “miracle drug” known as ZMapp.Well, an elderly Spanish priest that contracted Ebola in Liberia was being treated with this drug and now he is dead…

An elderly Spanish priest infected with Ebola has died in
a Madrid hospital, five days after being evacuated from Liberia. The
75-year-old Roman Catholic priest, Miguel Pajares, was being treated in
Spain with an experimental US serum, ZMapp, after being flown to Madrid
on August 7. He contracted Ebola at the Saint Joseph Hospital in the
Liberian capital Monrovia where he worked with patients suffering from
the disease. It is confirmed. He died at 9:28 am,” said a spokeswoman
for Spain’s La Paz-Carlos III hospital. The priest had been treated with
ZMapp, she said.

And at this point, all existing supplies of ZMapp have been completely exhausted.So even if this drug did work, it is going to take quite a while to produce a sufficient amount of it.Sadly, very few people seem to grasp how very serious all of this
is. We could potentially be looking at the greatest health crisis in
modern American history. It is conceivable that millions of people could end up dead.Of course it is also possible that this Ebola crisis could fizzle out
over the next few weeks. Let us hope that ends up being the case,
because a full-blown Ebola outbreak in the U.S. would be an absolute
nightmare.